New-York tribune., 1887-11-22

done aGeip. Al ths eGeasiss vbtsh ufeduesd ne
Uommdns Of 107I sss yttH ~ sxtstsuesl eod
general disturbsoss and unasttasmsnt shouh rseur
ia France such ~ existed during the German war:
there 10 little reason 70 doubt thst shs forcse os
rupiue and destruction. always gathering oeio~
the surface. would brsak out with tho OLD fnry'
Mr. WashburnSs remarks upon tho END OF tne i"-
surrecilon are worth quotinss
t,utsids OF the brigaad National Guard spa OF
the mu,epse popul ation Of the city
there was uabounded Joy among al Inc yOou" mon N
Paris wnea the city was delivered from tn1 yor
s,ron oppression of the insurrectloDIsts VINO, Ior
ten weeks, had held the people "a terror-muforr- o
INC robb;ne. ,morisonIng and making life one con-
tinuaI tor eot Then came tne sIevsd from lhe
siessx'as iaessn to sssH'' sss tho upper hand, e
natural to suppose Shey y wSrs Wss almost mpos
sibIe ro con roll No sooner had Paris been capt-
nred than the great work began OF arrest'ns .ho
thonsa ids O, criminals murlerers assassins, IcD-
has dasneraioes and outlaws Of every description
wac hao SO long made the beauttui chy pa1.o nc
monium In the most insurrecronarv par's VI ,he he
town ihe people were arrested en- m 1859 oy tne
,,I,tarv and often the innocent included with the
guilty. 1t would take too long 70 recount ~ 'ne
frightful incidents which followed tne capture ..
PARIS There were no less than $4,000 Insurgents
arrested how manv we're sunmarIiy executed VIII
never be known. Great numbers were c0ndemnou
to death and shot, and still larger numbers were
sent 90 prlson or life; but the great mass OF them
were deported to the Freucn possessions or new
caledonia The most of them we're paroonen oH-
fore many years. and many OF them are no" o'oA
in Paris -. h.,
Not 10 speak of the immense sacrifice OF human
life In su uppressing The Commune ana all the nor
rors OF the deportatlon of sucn mass OF peop,e'
the money loss of properly IN Paris was cs'i.
,uated at two hundred millions OF dollars Duo
this is really small COMPARED with otheT losses
which cannot be measured by money. sucn rs tne
Hotel de Vlie the Ministry OF Ftuance the u,'er
les the Palace de la Legion tlonheur the elnis'Ty
of War; and uauy other public buildings VIII HI
their priceless ferords. , -
Rnt few people are fully aware Of the immense
proportions which he Paris Commune had assumed
before its final Suppression. Its mi itary s'rene
was simply enormous. Cluseret told me, as nave
preyinnsly stated of his furnishing ratlOns TOT
i25 900 soldiers IN Paris And the amount OF war
materla, found possession OF the Commune az the
time of its collapse was absolutely prodigious;
I here were nearly 100000 weapons OF every k'nu
taken from he nands of the Conmunarhs lnhe-
dent of the vast amount Of thi. particular ma,
ial the miIltary authorities OF the Commune naa
ZOO pieces Of CannOI. and inltrai! cuses, wnlcn
they had robbed from the city and whcn tney hau
usrd WI sncb terrible effect Bnt wbal must ever
excite amazemeni Is the KNOWLEDGE OF the vast
uuInb of the people in Paris at this Ine VINO hoo
ouly were in svmpai hy with the Commune, but VINO
abetted and sustained it In its care OF crime and
blood. The minority, EN- oraciug the DC yer c,ass rs
of Paris at this fine, was c0inDletely coweu anu
snbdued by this vast isnrr ctiOnary mass OF pu-
lation.
The last lines of this passage are especially sig
nIiicant.
The Recollections" are very handsomely PRINT
ed. and are II ustfated with number of wood
cuts and process-pictures we'll chosen and IN most
cases well executed.